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projects, other specified investment .‫أراﺿﻲ اﻟﺪوﻟﺔ‬
projects when leasing or buying of
state real estate. ‫ان اﻟﺘﻌﺪﯾﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ ﻟﻘﺎﻧﻮن اﻻﺳﺘﺜﻤﺎر ﻟﺴﻨﺔ‬ •
‫ واﻟﺬي وﺳﻊ ﻣﻦ ﻧﻄﺎق اﻟﺤﻜﻤﯿﻦ اﻋﻼه‬2015
• The Second Amendment (2015) to the ‫ﺳﻤﺢ ﻟﻠﻤﺴﺘﺜﻤﺮ اﻟﻌﺮاﻗﻲ واﻻﺟﻨﺒﻲ ﺑﺘﻤﻠﻚ‬
National Investment Law No. 13 of ‫اﻻراﺿﻲ ﻟﻠﻤﺸﺎرﯾﻊ اﻻﺳﺘﺜﻤﺎرﯾﺔ اﻟﺼﻨﺎﻋﯿﺔ‬
2006, which broadened Article 10 of
the National Investment Law and .‫وﻟﯿﺲ ﻓﻘﻂ ﻓﻲ ﻣﺸﺎرﯾﻊ اﻻﺳﻜﺎن‬
Regulation No. 7 by allowing Iraqi and
foreign investors to own land for ‫ ﺗﻤﻠّﻚ اﻷرض‬.1
industrial sector investments, rather
than just for the housing sector alone. ‫ﯾﺘﻤﺘﻊ اﻟﻤﺴﺘﺜﻤﺮ ﺑﺤﻖ ﺗﻤﻠﻚ اﻷرض اﻟﻤﻄﻠﻮﺑﺔ‬ •
‫ﻟﺘﻨﻔﯿﺬ ﻣﺪن ﺳﻜﻨﯿﺔ ﺣﻀﺮﯾﺔ ﻣﺘﻌﺪدة‬
1. Owning Land ‫ ﺑﺸﺮط أن ﻻ ﯾُﺤﺴﺐ ﺛﻤﻦ اﻷرض‬،‫اﻷﻏﺮاض‬

• An investor has the right to own the .‫ﺿﻤﻦ ﻛﻠﻔﺔ اﻟﻮﺣﺪة اﻟﺴﻜﻨﯿﺔ اﻟ ُﻤﺒﺎﻋﺔ‬
land required to implement multi-
purpose urban residential projects, ‫ﯾﻠﺘﺰم اﻟﻤﺴﺘﺜﻤﺮ اﻟﻌﺮاﻗﻲ واﻷﺟﻨﺒﻲ ﺑﺒﻨﺎء‬ o
provided the price of the land is not ‫اﻟﻮﺣﺪات اﻟﺴﻜﻨﯿﺔ ﺧﻼل اﻟﻔﺘﺮة اﻟﺰﻣﻨﯿﺔ‬
calculated into the price of the ‫ وﺑﯿﻊ أو ﺗﺄﺟﯿﺮ‬،‫اﻟﻤﺤﺪدة ﻓﻲ اﻹﺗﻔﺎق‬
residential units sold.16 ‫اﻟﻮﺣﺪات اﻟﺴﻜﻨﯿﺔ ﻟﻠﻤﻮاطﻨﯿﻦ طﺎﻟﻤﺎ‬

o The Iraqi or foreign investor is .‫ﻛﺎﻧﺖ اﻹﺟﺎزة ﺳﺎرﯾﺔ اﻟﻤﻔﻌﻮل‬
obligated to build residential units
throughout the time period ‫ﺗُﺸ ّﻜﻞ ﻟﺠﺎن ﻓﻲ اﻟﮭﯿﺌﺔ اﻟﻮطﻨﯿﺔ ﻟﻺﺳﺘﺜﻤﺎر‬ •
specified in the agreement, and to ‫وﻓﻲ ﻛﻞ ھﯿﺌﺔ ﻣﻦ ھﯿﺌﺎت اﻹﺳﺘﺜﻤﺎر ﻓﻲ‬
sell or lease such residential units to ‫اﻟﻤﺤﺎﻓﻈﺎت ﻟﺘﺤﺪﯾﺪ ﻗﯿﻤﺔ اﻷرض واﻟﻌﻘﺎر‬
citizens for so long as the
investment license is valid. .‫اﻟﻌﺎﺋﺪ ﻟﻠﺪوﻟﺔ ﻷﻏﺮاض اﻹﺳﺘﺜﻤﺎر‬

• Committees formed in the NIC and ‫وﺗﺸﻤﻞ ﻋﻀﻮﯾﺔ اﻟﻠﺠﻨﺔ ﻣﻨﺪوﺑﯿﻦ ﻣﻦ‬ o
PICs determine the value of State- ‫اﻟﮭﯿﺌﺔ اﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ ﻟﻠﻀﺮاﺋﺐ وداﺋﺮة ﻋﻘﺎرات‬
owned land and real estate for ‫اﻟﺪوﻟﺔ وﻣﻤﺜﻞ ﻋﻦ اﻟﺠﮭﺔ اﻟﻤﺎﻟﻜﺔ‬
investment purposes. ‫ﻟﻸرض ﻟﻠﻤﺸﺎرﻛﺔ ﻓﻲ ﺗﺤﺪﯾﺪ ﻗﯿﻤﺔ‬

o Members of these committees will .‫اﻷرض‬
include representatives from the
General Tax Authority and Real
Estate Administration, and a
representative of the government
entity owning the land, to share
input in assessing land value.17

16 See Investment Regulation No. 7 for 2010, Article 5, Sale and Lease of Real Estate and Landed Property of the
State and Public Sector Investment Purposes.
‫ ﻋﻦ "ﺑﯿﻊ وإﯾﺠﺎر ﻋﻘﺎرات وأراﺿﻲ اﻟﺪوﻟﺔ واﻟﻘﻄﺎع اﻟﻌﺎم ﻷﻏﺮاض اﻹﺳﺘﺜﻤﺎر‬2010 ‫ ﻟﺴﻨﺔ‬7 ‫ ﻣﻦ ﻧﻈﺎم اﻹﺳﺘﺜﻤﺎر رﻗﻢ‬5 ‫"أﻧﻈﺮ اﻟﻤﺎدة‬.
17 See Id. at Articles 3-4.

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